awdinut

auto manufacturer's leather ?

richard-tx

I have no idea what you are talking about. I have never seen any ureethane coating on ony Audi/VAG leather product.

awdinut

90% or more of leather used in the Auto industry has a urethane coating. But I am wondering is Audi A8s are part of the 10% that do not. Most people who have the coated leather do no know that it is coated, it doesnt seem to be something you can tell by looking or touching.

Mister Bally

I'd venture to say the leather in my A8 is a level or three higher than that in my sporty <choke> Ford Fusion. Relax, it's a company lease car I got with my new job.

dvs_dave

It’s coated like virtually all automotive grade leather. Easy way to tell is to put a drop of water on it and it won’t get sucked up into the leather, just sit as a droplet on the surface.

silkworm

Why do you ask?

The answers were very interesting, and so is the question. The reason may be interesting as well - it may come 'handy' someday to know that.
Several days ago, I read a post about (re)painting leather seats, and it's something I did in the past but didn't like the result (actually, the painting went fine but it didn't last, especially when tried to clean it with various solutions that were just fine with the original paint) so I ended up replacing the whole upholstery. Many $ spent. Now I find out that the leather may be coated - so there's a reason why that didn't work.

awdinut

I ask because I just learned about most leather having the urethane sealer, and what products to use on the leather are different between the two types.

Giovanni Giovino 6.0+6.0TT

Good question Awdinut,
Make one wonder about all those expensive PH-balanced leather cleaners and conditioners..... maybe we should just use wood floor polish....

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dvs_dave

awdinut

They say that conditioners do no good on coated leather because they just sit on the surface. And that would seem to make sense; there's a barrier. They say that cleaning is the only thing you can do for your interior; keeping that coating clean so that it does not get abraided away. And many sources have said that a 5 to 1 or a 10 to 1 mix of Woolite to distilled water is the best cleaner.

I have not tried that, although the videos looked good....matte finish, no removal of color, etc.....but I need to sniff the stuff first. I cant imagine a laundry product having scent I could tolerate. Especially in a closed environment like my car. I mean I use free&clear laundry detergent for my clothes because I cant abide the fragrance detergents have.